There should be no stigma attached to something as inoffensive as listening to a novel. It's okay to dislike something, even hate engaging with it, but the issue stems from going to the extreme of mocking people for liking it

The way we read is a really important piece of our resistance. Consuming media written from a paradigm that isn’t our own increases our empathy, and consuming dense or difficult media is like lifting weights for our brains. We must start directing that reading list to grapple with our current political climate.